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Apple's answer to Xbox Live to debut with new operating system
Read More »Chinatown Wars HD heading to iPad
Rockstar has announced that an HD version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be released for the Apple iPad on September 9th, priced at $9.99. In addition to the wide range of features developed specifically for the previous App Store iterations, including intuitive multi-touch user interface controls, adjusted difficulty …
Read More »â??HTML5 will eclipse Flash in three yearsâ??
Spil Games boss believes the days are numbered for Adobeâ??s platform in the mobile space
Read More »Spil backs Apple in the HTML5/Flash format war
Popular game website vendor to build its mobile business on HTML5
Read More »Reverb settles fake review scandal
PR and marketing firm Reverb Communications has settled charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission over deceptive reviews on Apple’s App Store. The charges relate to reviews posted on the App Store by Reverb staff about their clients’ iPhone games, without disclosing their paid relationship with those publishers. "Reverb and …
Read More »Apple Game Centre set for debut?
Media event sparks announcement speculation
Read More »Cave releases second iPhone shmup
Cult Japanese developer Cave has published its second game on Apple’s App Store. Launched overnight, Dodonpachi Resurrection is the first home version of arcade hit DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu and offers Cave’s trademark ‘bullet-hell’ gameplay. It includes both the original arcade version of the game and an adapted iPhone interpretation. The game …
Read More »iPhone jailbreak team backs down
Having opened up the world of iPhone jailbreaking to a whole new audience earlier this month, Dev-Team has confirmed that it will not be releasing an updated version designed to work with the latest 4.0.2 iPhone firmware. Currently the jamilbreakme.com hack works with all firmware up to 4.1. All a …
Read More »Disney reveals Katy Perry Revenge
Disney subsidiary Tapulous has launched its latest premium Tap Tap Revenge music game for iPhone – Katy Perry Revenge. The game features ten of Perry’s hits to tap along to, including California Gurls, I Kissed a Girl and Hot N Cold. The $4.99 game is launching the same week that …
Read More »The iPhone app market â??has already crashedâ??
GDC Europe: App Store developers need to think beyond $1 games, says Bigpoint CEO
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